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e IMPROVEMENT IN COMPOSITION FOR THE CURE 01? A6113. JOHN MONFORT, OF JESSAMINE'COUNTY, KENTUCKY. ASSIGNOR T-O HIM- SELF AND G. E. BILLINGSLEY Letters Patent Mo. 60,538, dated December 18, 1866.

. --o- TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JonN MONFOBT, of the county of Jessamine, and State of Kentucky, have invented anew and useful Composition of Matter; and I do hereby declare that the followingiis a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the specimens of ingredients herewith filed.

This composition is a. medicinal preparation for the treatment of agile, audit is compounded as follows, visa Take'l} oz. blood root or Sanguz'narz'a canadenez's, and 1- oz. yellow root or Hydrastzs canadensz's, and pour over them one pint of whiskey, and allow the same to steep for one month. The tincture thus prepared is then drawn oil and bottled for use. It is administered in cases of ague, when the chill is coming on, in teblespoonful doses. The quantity may be increased, when the patient is not sickened by the administration, to a tablespoonful and a half. The dose should be repeatedevery day at the same hour until a. cure is efi'ected. The above dose is the one proper for an adult; for children the dose must be proportioned according to the ageof the patient.

Having fully explained the mode of compounding and administering this preparation, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A composition of matter composed, compounded, and prepared substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witn esses.

JOHN MONFORT.

Witnesses:

E. J. CURLEY, B. O. BILLINGBI'IEL 

